Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) based polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs), with different concentrations of Cyphos® IL 104 as the membrane extractant/carrier, were studied for their ability to extract Au(III) from hydrochloric acid solutions. Some of the PIMs also contained one of the following plasticizers or modifiers: 2-nitrophenyloctyl ether, dioctylphthalate, 1-dodecanol, 1-tetradecanol, or tri(...

a new sensitive and selective spectrophotometric method for the determination of iron using a pvc membrane containing bathophenanthroline and dioctylphethalate as the solid phase extraction medium is investigated. fe(ii) in an aqueous sample solution is trapped on the membrane with an anion species, picrate ion and forms a complex with bathophenanthroline. the absorbance of the red-orange membr...

In the view of the complexities involved in the environmental cycling of hazardous metal species, attempts have been made to develop a poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) based sensor for detection of MoO4 2ions using positively charged diaza crown ether (18-crown-6). The influence of membrane compositions on the potentiometric response of the electrodes have been found to substantially improve the per...

Phthalates pose adverse health effects due to their propensity to leach and the most common, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and di-n-octyl phthalate (DOP), are petroleum-based. Conversely, di-esters, succinates are biobased (produced from fermentation of biomass), biodegradable, and therefore potential sustainable replacements for phthalates. A series of succinates, di-octyl succinate (DOS),...